Who’s Behind NC’s Extreme Abortion Ban?
By Saige Smith NC House Bill 533 – A Total Abortion Ban On March 26, North Carolina Republicans filed the first anti-abortion legislation of the session, and it’s bad. This bill would ban abortion from…
Health
We Are All Playing Covid Roulette
Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you By George Monbiot You could see Covid-19 as an empathy test. Who was prepared to suffer disruption and inconvenience for the sake of others, and…
A Revolution in Clean Indoor Air
It will take re-engineering, not just medicine, to close the door on COVID Andrew Nikiforuk In this, the fourth year of the pandemic, one question is on everyone’s lips. How the hell will this thing…
‘Cancel This Failed Experiment’: Physicians Tell Biden HHS to End Medicare Privatization Pilot
By Jake Johnson A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that the Biden White House inherited from the Trump administration and later rebranded—while keeping intact its…
Eliminating Healthcare Debt: A Liberatory Approach
By Chuck Bell A liberatory or emancipatory approach to eliminating medical debt begins with truly hearing the voices of one hundred million Americans who are struggling with bills they can’t afford to pay. As a…
Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes Help Clear the Air at Schools Across the Country
The DIY air cleaners are effective, inexpensive, safe, and easy to build. Read the article at the School Library Journal.
The Merits of Medicare for All Have Been Proven by This Pandemic
The health of the most vulnerable in our society affects us all. See the full story at Pressenza.
Trump Hammers Cuba While Cuba Cures the Sick
Cuban doctors working worldwide are candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. Read more at Mint Press News.
The Coronavirus and the Future of Main Street
By Lloyd Alter Our Main Streets and High Streets have been in trouble for decades, thanks to the onslaught of malls, then Walmart and the big box stores, then Amazon and online shopping. It wasn’t…
What Wall Street doesn’t want you to know about its grip on emergency rooms
By Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt Doctor Ming Lin is the first emergency room doctor to be fired for going public with his concerns about poor hospital emergency room safety practices and shortages of medical…